Aboriginal+Day

On the 24th of July the year 9 and 10’s of tsc participated in aboriginal day. At the start of the day everyone met up in the ssc and the aboriginal people introduced themselves. Their names were Big Al, Triston (pancakes) and lione. At first they talked to us about themselves and the types of things they do in schools. In the tribe their in everyone has to have a brown stripe across their face from 1 cheek to the other and have white dots on it so everyone had to get that done. We then got split up into three groups that had names form the aboriginal language. First my group had to do aboriginal art in the ormi, lione was teaching us. First we drew some symbols then from them symbols we had to make a story up. Some people read their stories to the class. After that we had recess. After recess we went to the rsl hall and learnt aboriginal dancing with pancakes. First we did animal dances then the ones after that weren’t. Everyone had to participate in the dancing and it was really fun. After that we went to the library and there Big Al taught us about the history of Australia. I learnt a lot of things about my country that I never even knew. Then he told us a story about a boy. What we learnt from the story was to not brag about yourself all the time and respect people and treat them how you want to be treated. After lunch we all met back in the ssc and pancakes got dressed up like he would if he was with his tribe. Big Al played the didgeridoo and pancakes did a dance to the music. Then some people got up and volunteered to do the dances that we learnt earlier on in the day. The dances were really good to watch and then some of the teachers got up and danced, it was funny. After all the dancing had finished 2 guys got up and thanked Big Al and his family for coming to our school and teaching us all about their cukture and the way they live. We then ate some damper and that was it. I had a really good day and learnt a lot of things.
 * Aboriginal Day.**